Tag: monitoring
Effects of Paracentesis on Hemodynamic Parameters and Respiratory Function in Critically Ill Patients
Paracentesis in critically ill patients is safe regarding hemodynamic function, renal function and intervention-related complications. Furthermore, paracentesis in critically ill and mechanically ventilated patients results... read more
Hospitals Turn to Remote Monitoring Tools to Free Up Beds for the Sickest COVID-19 Patients
Desperate to free up beds for only the sickest COVID-19 patients, hospitals nationwide are weighing the use of new technologies to monitor patients from their homes. Physicians at several hospitals said their discussions... read more
An Interview With an Italian Intensivist on the COVID Experience in Italy
The current COVID-19 crisis has a huge human impact. Clearly cardiovascular issues have a central role in management and, unfortunately, in adverse outcomes. We are continually struggling to understand risks and management... read more
7 Nursing Technologies Helping Patient Care
From pizza ordering to financial security, new technology is changing the way we live our lives every day. And now more than ever before, new technology is finding ways to impact the healthcare industry. A new survey of... read more
Expiratory Muscle Dysfunction in Critically Ill Patients
The expiratory muscles are the "neglected component" of the respiratory muscle pump. Rather as the heart does not comprise only a left ventricle, but also a right one, the respiratory muscle pump is much more than just the... read more
Best Practice Advisories Improve Sedation Protocol Compliance in the ICU
Best practice advisories can be effectively used in ICUs to improve sedation protocol compliance and may mitigate potential propofol-related hazardous conditions. Best practice advisories should undergo continuous quality... read more
Fully Automated, Real-time, Calibration-free, Continuous Noninvasive Estimation of Intracranial Pressure in Children
This nICP estimation algorithm, based on arterial blood pressure (ABP) and bedside transcranial Doppler (TCD) cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) waveform measurements, performs in a manner comparable to invasive intracranial... read more
Intracranial Pressure & Neuromonitoring XVI
This book introduces the latest advances relating to the pathophysiology, biophysics, monitoring and treatment of traumatic brain injury, hydrocephalus, and stroke presented at the 16th International Conference on Intracranial... read more
Prognostic Value of Spreading Depolarizations in Patients With Severe TBI
In this cohort study of patients with acute brain trauma, spreading depolarizations were predominant but heterogeneous and independently associated with poor neurologic recovery. Monitoring the occurrence of spreading depolarizations... read more
Seizure Detection Algorithms in Critically Ill Children
Some commercially available seizure detection algorithms demonstrate performance for seizure detection that is comparable to that of electroencephalography experts using quantitative electroencephalography displays. Continuous... read more
Nonoperative Management of Splenic Injury of Patients with Reduced Consciousness is Safe and Feasible in Well-equipped Institutions
This study shows that NOM for blunt splenic trauma is a viable treatment modality in well-equipped institutions, regardless of the patients mental status. However, the presence of neurologic impairment is associated with... read more
Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke
Although there are no specific data regarding the effect of respiratory management on stroke patients' outcomes, specific ventilator strategies in this population could potentially improve neurologic outcome and prevent respiratory... read more
Conditional Survival With Increasing Duration of ICU Admission
This is an observational study of three intensive care databases two in the United States (Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III and electronic ICU) and one in United Kingdom (Post Intensive Care Risk-Adjusted Alerting... read more
Risk for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Needing RRT
Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Danny Hames, MD, on his article titled "Risk Factors for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy" published in the November 2019 issue of Pediatric... read more
Incidence of Hypoglycemia in Following Insulin‐based Acute Treatment of Hyperkalemia
Iatrogenic hypoglycemia, as a result of treatment for hyperkalemia, is a common occurrence. Hyperkalemia occurs disproportionately in patients with acute kidney injury or end‐stage renal disease, and these patients are... read more
Pulmonary Embolism Hospitalization, Readmission, and Mortality Rates in US Older Adults
Over the past 15 years, advances have occurred in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary embolism (PE).1 Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) is now the routine diagnostic test. The availability of risk... read more
Hemodynamic Monitoring – The Why, When, Which and What
Although the need to properly assess and monitor the hemodynamic status of a critically ill patient appears self-evident, the plethora of information in the published literature over the past two decades has resulted in complexity... read more
